Instructions:

To create a colorful print, paint each of the objects you've found, turn them over and press them into the paper like they're stamps. You can experiment by using various amounts of paint, as well as by mixing different colors together. Create a wild scene or a more orderly montage.

For the nature collage, take another collection of found objects (flowers, leaves and grasses will work best) and place them between two pieces of waxed paper inside a thick book. After a day or two, they should have flattened out and you can arrange them on the contact paper facedown. Lay the cardboard on top, pressing it down snuggly and folding the edges of the contact paper around to make it secure. Then flip everything over and your living collage is ready to go.